Race cars zip around tracks at close to 200 miles per hour, but getting a real sense of that speed can be hard for viewers at home. To bring a better feeling of the velocity of NASCAR racers, Fox Sports is installing a rail cam along the second turn at Charlotte Motor Speedway for this Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600.
According to Sports Video Group, the network will use a Mega Trax MX 500 radio-controlled robotic camera on a rail set up along the inside track wall, giving viewers a truer sense of the speed at which NASCAR drivers race.